Technical Accounting Manager

Rippling gives businesses one place to run HR, IT, and Finance. It brings together all of the workforce systems that are normally scattered across a company, like payroll, expenses, benefits, and computers. For the first time ever, you can manage and automate every part of the employee lifecycle in a single system.

Take onboarding, for example. With Rippling, you can hire a new employee anywhere in the world and set up their payroll, corporate card, computer, benefits, and even third‑party apps like Slack and Microsoft 365—all within 90 seconds.

Based in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has raised $1.4B+ from the world’s top investors—including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Greenoaks, and Bedrock—and was named one of America's best startup employers by Forbes.

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We’re looking for a Technical Accounting Manager to own core technical accounting work and help strengthen the company’s accounting policies and judgments. This role will report to the Senior Manager, Technical Accounting & Reporting and will be a key partner to Corporate Accounting, Financial Reporting, FP&A, Legal, Tax, Equity, Treasury, and external auditors.

This is a highly technical role for someone who enjoys researching complex accounting questions, writing clear and defensible accounting memos, and translating accounting guidance into practical business conclusions. The ideal candidate has operated in a public-company environment and brings strong experience with public-company rigor, audit expectations, and SEC‑style reporting processes. Experience supporting a company through private-to-public readiness is especially valuable.

This role requires employees to work from our San Francisco office 1–3 days per week.

• Own technical accounting research and documentation for complex and judgmental areas under US GAAP.
• Support local GAAP requirements with our International Accounting team.
• Prepare high-quality technical accounting memos, policy analyses, and accounting conclusions that are clear, well-supported, and audit-ready.
• Support accounting for areas such as revenue recognition, stock‑based compensation, leases, debt and equity transactions, business combinations, consolidation, intercompany, impairments, contingencies, and other emerging accounting topics.
• Partner with the Senior Manager, Technical Accounting & Reporting to build and maintain scalable accounting policies and technical accounting processes.
• Effectively work cross‑functionally to understand non‑standard transactions or new products in order to assess the accounting implications.
• Support public‑company readiness and reporting maturity initiatives, including SEC‑style disclosure support, reporting controls, and quarterly / annual reporting processes.
• Monitor new accounting standards, assess potential company impact, and support implementation of new guidance.
• Work closely with business and cross‑functional partners to evaluate the accounting implications of new products, contracts, transactions, and strategic initiatives.
• Coordinate with external auditors on technical accounting positions, audit requests, and supporting documentation.
• Contribute to audit committee‑ready and leadership‑ready materials that explain technical accounting conclusions in a clear and practical way.

• 8+years in progressive roles in accounting and/or auditing within technical accounting research
• CPA strongly preferred.
• Strong technical accounting experience, with deep knowledge of US GAAP and the ability to research, interpret, and apply complex accounting guidance.
• Proficiency with researching…